Bardega, Cory Danger and Matt Sharp’s bar-bodega concept tinged with ’70s nostalgia, finally has an opening date. The Laguna Hills restaurant is slated to open Friday, Dec. 12.
The much-anticipated venue will also focus on boozy cocktails as well as low-ABV and zero-proof drinks. In addition to a dining room and bar space, patrons are welcome to pop in to visit the bottle shop and deli for grab-and-go items. Hence the name Bardega, a portmanteau of “bar” and “bodega” (the term New Yorkers often use for their corner stores).
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Menu highlights, created by chefs Kiel Anderson and Ted Fleury, at Bardega will include a Chicago Red Hot featuring an all-beef frank served on a poppy seed bun and topped with Chicago-style yellow mustard, diced onions, sweet relish, tomato slices and sport peppers; Glazed Ribs, riblets lacquered with a sweet-and-spicy reduction; and a Beef Dip sandwich with tender beef layered with caramelized onions and melted provolone on a toasted baguette, served alongside horseradish sauce and au jus.
The Royal Wednesday at Badega. The Laguna Hills restaurant is slated to open Dec. 12. (Photo courtesy of Bardega)Bardega beverages will include a Spiked Root Beer Float featuring a root beer reduction, bourbon, vanilla cream and chocolate bitters and the Royal Wednesday, a citrusy gin paired blended with royal butterfly cordial and elderflower foam, to name two.
Danger and Sharp, who met years ago while attending Aliso Niguel High School, wanted to open a venue that combines bar, market and restaurant, but also a space that’s inclusive for those who either do not want or cannot drink booze. “The palette for drinkers is changing,” said Danger in a June 2025 interview, “and we’ve seen it happening in recent years. They want to drink healthier. If that means no alcohol or lower ABV [alcohol by volume], or even less sugar, we want to fill that niche.”
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Bardega will be open daily from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Find it: 24781 Alicia Parkway, Suite A, Laguna Hills; 949-484-9980
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